Pub Date : 2026-05-15Epub Date: 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2026.140024
Gangwen Fu , Yu Tian , Yong Gao , Jingwen Qiu , Yuxuan Wang , Wenbo Zhao , Leiqing Cao , Junyuan He , Mengyang Li , Zhenghui Pan , Yu Lei , Zongkui Kou , Jun Ding , Xi Xu
Mass transfer limitations directly govern the utilization efficiency of active sites in gas-involving reactions, thereby hindering intrinsically active sites from functioning effectively at high current densities. Consequently, designing porous structures to improve the transport efficiency of both reactants and products constitutes a central challenge for realizing efficient and stable electrocatalytic processes. To address this challenge, a nickel‑cobalt (NiCo) alloy was fabricated via digital light processing (DLP) technology, and cobalt-nanocarbon (Co NC) active material was incorporated in situ to establish a robust catalytic system. Furthermore, the deliberate structural design promoted bubble mass-transfer kinetics, thereby further improving its performance across multiple catalytic reactions. The electrolysis water device composed of it can operate stably for over 500 h at a current density of 500 mA cm−2 and a voltage of 1.78 V. The assembled zinc-air battery shows a peak power density of 73.5 mW cm−2 and outstanding cyclic durability, lasting for over 300 h. More importantly, the assembled integrated device generates an equivalent amount of hydrogen during both day and night. This innovative strategy offers a reliable reference for the practical implementation of three-dimensional electrodes in highly efficient mass transfer reactions.
在涉及气体的反应中，传质限制直接决定了活性位点的利用效率，从而阻碍了本质活性位点在高电流密度下有效地发挥作用。因此，设计多孔结构以提高反应物和产物的传输效率是实现高效稳定电催化过程的核心挑战。为了解决这一挑战，研究人员通过数字光处理（DLP）技术制造了镍钴（NiCo）合金，并在原位加入了钴纳米碳（Co NC）活性材料，以建立一个强大的催化系统。此外，精心设计的结构促进了气泡传质动力学，从而进一步提高了其在多种催化反应中的性能。由其组成的电解水装置在电流密度为500 mA cm-2、电压为1.78 V的条件下可稳定工作500 h以上。组装后的锌-空气电池的峰值功率密度为73.5 mW cm-2，循环耐久性突出，持续时间超过300小时。更重要的是，组装后的集成装置在白天和晚上都能产生等量的氢气。这一创新策略为三维电极在高效传质反应中的实际应用提供了可靠的参考。
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Pub Date : 2026-05-15Epub Date: 2026-02-04DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2026.140051
Jin-Xiu Chen , Fei Zhao , Tong Wu , Jin-Hao Zhang , Xiao-Zhong Fan , Zhi-Yuan Gu , Xiao-Dong Chen , Xin-Bing Cheng , Lin Zhu , Yu-Zhen Zhao , Long Kong
The deployment of high-voltage lithium metal batteries (LMBs) under low-temperature conditions holds considerable importance for the advancement of fast charging technologies. Nevertheless, such deployment necessitates electrolyte designs with contradictory requirements, most notably in the realm of solvation structure. Principally, the lithium salts with weakly coordinated anions facilitate the rapid Li+ transport due to large population of solvent separated ion pairs (SSIPs) and low energy of de-anion process at low temperatures. However, such salts corrode aluminum (Al) foil and worsen the battery stability at high voltages. Herein, this fundamental conflict has been unified through surface electric field and interface compositions. The strongly coordinated anions exhibit higher negative charge density due to its high electron constraining capability, as demonstrated with electron localization function (ELF) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Such characteristic drives them to exhibit faster migration towards the against direction of Li+ under un electric field and hence facilitate the Li+ de-coordination. Meanwhile, the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) demonstrated that the strongly coordinated anions benefit the formation of Li2CO3 and Li2O in solid electrolyte interface (SEI), which exerts a stronger attraction on the Li+ of solvation structure, thereby assisting the Li+ de-coordination process. The contradiction between Li+ transport kinetics and Al corrosion can be unified with high-coordination-strength anion at low-temperature. This formulated electrolyte enables stable operation of high-voltage LMBs even at low temperatures, demonstrating a practical guiding principle for extreme-condition batteries.
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Pub Date : 2026-05-15Epub Date: 2026-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2026.139921
Xinyao Dong , Jianing Fan , Xingyu Wu , Sen Liu , Yuhan Jing , Ziyi Zhao , Qiyue Tang , Xiumei Yin , Wen Xu , Bin Dong
While optical encryption enhances data security, conventional single-wavelength protocols remain vulnerable to interception due to limited dynamic decryption capabilities. Here, we report a cooperative dual-wavelength (980/1550 nm) energy storage mechanism in Er3+, Tm3+ co-doped Cs2NaYbCl6 nanoparticles, achieving a 53.8-fold enhancement in red emission compared to single-wavelength excitation. Leveraging this synergy, we developed a self-powered photodetector (FTO/PEDOT: PSS/PVP-MAPbI2.5Br0.5/PCBM/Ag) featuring polyvinylpyrrolidone-induced defect states and an optimized halide composition (I－/Br－ = 5:1). This architecture enables wavelength-selective charge trapping, effectively restricting device activation to synchronized dual-wavelength inputs. By integrating time-domain multiplexing with wavelength selective thresholds, we implement AND-gate logic encryption, where 1550 nm radiation encodes the data and 980 nm serves as the decoding key. Compared to traditional single-wavelength systems, this dual-authentication protocol significantly enhances anti-interception capabilities and enables direct optical-domain key verification, eliminating the requirement for complex optoelectronic conversion modules or dedicated processing chips.
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Pub Date : 2026-05-15Epub Date: 2026-01-30DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2026.140015
Xiaoqing Cheng , Ze Li , Yuhui Huang , Fanjia Sun , Liang Dong , Youbin Zheng , Jianbing Zang , Jinsheng Li , Ruixia Zhong , Pengfei Li , Zheng-Jun Wang
The amorphous nickel (oxy)hydroxides (NiOx(OH)y) with enriched oxygen vacancies (Ov) grown on the surface of Ni3S2 substrate were designed to boost oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity. The achieved electrocatalysts showed excellent OER performance with ηj10 of 130 mV, ηj100 of 256 mV, and stability for at least 375 h, outperforming the commercial RuO2 catalysts and most of the state-of-the-art OER catalysts. A new universal stoichiometric mismatch method was developed to synthesize this special structure—by etching low-sulfur-content sulfides in an alkaline aqueous environment to guide the formation of oxygen-deficient amorphous metal oxides. Further, to obtain well-direction low-sulfur nickel sulfide, a novel reverse epitaxial growth method was developed. In this method, in-situ prepared [001]- direction nano Bi2S3 needles were deposited on nickel foam, guiding the substrate to transform into [001]-direction Ni3S2 while causing Bi to detach from the surface. Here, the as-obtained amorphous oxygen-deficient material effectively activates lattice oxygen, and the oxygen vacancies along with the amorphous character at the Ni3S2-NiOx(OH)y interface trigger a unique charge transfer effect, fully activating the surface to promote OER.
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Pub Date : 2026-05-15Epub Date: 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2026.140029
Chenxi Zhu , Yan Zhao , Rui Xu , Wenqing Lv , Yao Zhao , Bin Huang , Hua-Feng Fei , Zhijie Zhang
Lithium metal batteries demand electrolytes that combine high ionic conductivity with mechanical robustness and interfacial stability. This study presents a novel composite gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) engineered by integrating a cyano-functionalized polysiloxane (PCMS) frameworks, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether (DEGDME) plasticizers, and electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber scaffolds. The optimized GPE system achieves an exceptional combination of properties: high ionic conductivity (3.3 × 10−3 S cm−1 at 30 °C), outstanding Li+ transference number (0.79), and remarkable mechanical strength (3.9 MPa). Theoretical calculations and experimental analyses collectively confirm that the -CN groups competitively coordinate with Li+, restructuring the solvation environment to favor TFSI− anion participation, thereby facilitating the formation of a robust solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) enriched with LiF and Li₃N. As a result, the GPE demonstrates a wide electrochemical stability window (5.3 V vs. Li+/Li) and stable lithium plating/stripping for 1000 h at 0.1 mA cm−2. Additionally, LiFePO₄/GPE/Li full cells achieve 94.9% capacity retention after 500 cycles at 0.5C, while NCM811/GPE/Li cells deliver a high discharge capacity of 153.8 mAh g−1 with 86.5% retention after 150 cycles. This work establishes a scalable and promising strategy for the development of high-performance lithium metal batteries.
锂金属电池需要结合高离子导电性、机械稳健性和界面稳定性的电解质。本研究提出了一种新型复合凝胶聚合物电解质（GPE），该电解质由氰基功能化聚硅氧烷（PCMS）框架、二甘醇二甲醚（DEGDME）增塑剂和静电纺聚丙烯腈（PAN）纳米纤维支架组成。优化后的GPE体系具有优异的综合性能：高离子电导率（30°C时为3.3 × 10-3 S cm-1）、优异的Li+转移数（0.79）和优异的机械强度（3.9 MPa）。理论计算和实验分析共同证实了- cn基团与Li+竞争性地协调，重组了溶剂化环境，有利于TFSI阴离子的参与，从而促进了富含LiF和Li₃N的坚固固体电解质界面（SEI）的形成。结果表明，GPE具有较宽的电化学稳定性窗口（5.3 V vs. Li+/Li），并在0.1 mA cm-2下稳定镀锂/剥离1000小时。此外，LiFePO₄/GPE/Li电池在0.5C下循环500次后的容量保留率为94.9%，而NCM811/GPE/Li电池在150次循环后的放电容量为153.8 mAh g-1，保留率为86.5%。这项工作为高性能锂金属电池的发展建立了一个可扩展和有前途的战略。
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Pub Date : 2026-05-15Epub Date: 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2026.140048
Yong Huang , Tao Quan , Bowen Li , Chaohui Zhen , Haiqian Zhang , Zhiyao Li , Chongzhi Wu , Rui Liang , Lihe Sun , Xin Xie
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), lacking effective therapeutic targets, is highly aggressive, prone to metastasis, and associated with poor prognosis, highlighting the necessity for innovative therapeutic strategies. Ferroptosis, an emerging form of iron-dependent programmed cell death, presents a promising treatment approach. However, its effectiveness is often hindered by adaptive resistance within the tumor microenvironment and inefficient drug delivery. To address these limitations, the glutathione (GSH)-responsive disulfide linker (-SS-) was utilized to engineer rhein (Rhe, chemotherapeutic agent) and ferrocene (Fc, ferroptosis booster) into the self-assembling small-molecule prodrug RSSF. Sorafenib (SOR), a ferroptosis inducer, was stably loaded into RSSF via a simple nanoprecipitation method, yielding the newly nanoprodrug designated as SOR@RSSF nanoparticles (NPs) for the combination therapy of TNBC. SOR@RSSF NPs exhibit markedly enhanced cellular uptake and enable the highly specific and synchronous release of Rhe, Fc, and SOR in response to intracellular GSH levels. Notably, Fc efficiently generates hydroxyl radicals (•OH) through the Fenton reaction, thereby inducing pronounced oxidative stress, while SOR concurrently impaired the cellular ferroptosis defense machinery. Combined with the chemotherapeutic activity of Rhe, the resulting lipid peroxide (LPO) accumulation and GSH depletion synergistically trigger both ferroptosis and apoptosis selectively in tumor cells. In a 4T1 tumor-bearing mouse model, SOR@RSSF NPs significantly inhibited tumor progression while maintaining a favorable biosafety profile. Overall, this study presents a promising ferroptosis-sensitizing strategy using a nanoprodrug delivery system for combination therapy against TNBC.
三阴性乳腺癌（triple negative breast cancer， TNBC）侵袭性强，易转移，预后差，缺乏有效的治疗靶点，迫切需要创新的治疗策略。铁下垂是一种新兴形式的铁依赖性程序性细胞死亡，提出了一种有希望的治疗方法。然而，其有效性经常受到肿瘤微环境内适应性耐药和低效给药的阻碍。为了解决这些局限性，利用谷胱甘肽（GSH）响应的二硫连接体（- ss -）将大黄酸（Rhe，化疗药物）和二铁二烯（Fc，铁凋亡增强剂）设计成自组装的小分子前体药物RSSF。Sorafenib （SOR）是一种铁凋亡诱导剂，通过简单的纳米沉淀法稳定地装载到RSSF中，产生新的纳米前体药物SOR@RSSF纳米颗粒（NPs），用于TNBC的联合治疗。SOR@RSSF NPs表现出显著增强的细胞摄取，并使Rhe， Fc和SOR在响应细胞内GSH水平时具有高度特异性和同步释放。值得注意的是，Fc通过芬顿反应有效地产生羟基自由基（•OH），从而诱导明显的氧化应激，而SOR同时损害了细胞的铁凋亡防御机制。结合Rhe的化疗活性，由此产生的脂质过氧化（LPO）积累和GSH消耗协同触发肿瘤细胞的铁下垂和选择性凋亡。在4T1荷瘤小鼠模型中，SOR@RSSF NPs显著抑制肿瘤进展，同时保持良好的生物安全性。总的来说，这项研究提出了一种有前途的铁致敏策略，使用纳米前药物递送系统联合治疗TNBC。
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Pub Date : 2026-05-15Epub Date: 2026-01-30DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2026.140016
Xinyi Lu , Haicai Huang , Yihui Bao , Yanyan Xia , Zhencheng Ye , Houyang Chen
Oxygen evolution and reduction reactions (OER/ORR) are fundamental to energy conversion technologies such as water electrolyzers and fuel cells. However, the intrinsic linear scaling relationship (LSR) between the intermediate adsorption energies limits catalytic activity. Overcoming this limitation could surpass the conventional activity-volcano relationship and unlock high-performance OER/ORR electrocatalysts. Herein, we propose a novel interlayer-confinement engineering strategy, utilizing spatially confined dual active sites in interlayer-confined dual single-atom-catalysts (iDSACs), to fundamentally break the intrinsic LSR by simultaneously manipulating reaction pathways and intermediate adsorption. Density functional theory (DFT) computations demonstrate that the synergistic space-electron effects enhance charge transfer, activate the O–O bond, and facilitate its dissociation. Further, tuning the confinement strength exerts opposing effects on various intermediates and catalysts. Consequently, this strategy effectively disrupts the LSR between *OOH and *OH adsorption, thereby improving OER and ORR activities. Additionally, an optimal interlayer distance of 7.0 Å is identified to balance dual-site synergy and steric effects, achieving low overpotentials (0.26 V for OER and 0.30 V for ORR on IrN4). This work establishes space-electron synergy as a generic platform to disrupt adsorption scaling laws, advancing efficient electrocatalyst design and providing fundamental insights into confined electrocatalysis.
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Hydrated V2O5 is a promising cathode material for aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs), where interlayer structural H2O plays a crucial role in tuning Zn2+ storage performance. Nevertheless, the precise modulation of interlayer H2O content remains a major challenge in material synthesis. Herein, we employ pre-intercalated K+ ions as structural mediators to modulate the interlayer H2O content in hydrated V2O5, successfully synthesizing K0.4V2O5·0.24H2O (KVOH) with an optimized hydrated structure. The engineered hydration structure creates a greatly favorable interlayer electrostatic shielding microenvironment that effectively weakens the attraction between intercalated Zn2+ and VO framework, thereby facilitating highly reversible and rapid Zn2+ (de)intercalation. Simultaneously, the pre-intercalated K+ ions and interlayer H2O molecules act as structural pillars that cooperatively stabilize the host framework during prolonged charge/discharge cycling. Benefiting from these advantages, KVOH delivers a high zinc storage capacity of 469.6 mAh g−1 at 0.5 A g−1 and maintains 88.2% of its initial capacity after 500 cycles. Moreover, it also demonstrates outstanding long-term cycling stability, achieving 79.0% capacity retention after 5000 cycles at 10 A g−1. This work reveals the crucial role of interlayer hydration chemistry in governing Zn2+ storage performance and provides a novel strategy for precisely modulating interlayer water content in hydrated V2O5 cathodes.
水合V2O5是一种很有前途的水性锌离子电池正极材料，其层间结构的H2O对Zn2+的存储性能起着至关重要的调节作用。然而，层间水含量的精确调制仍然是材料合成中的一个主要挑战。本文采用预插层K+离子作为结构介质调节水合V2O5中层间H2O含量，成功合成了水合结构优化的K0.4V2O5·0.24H2O （KVOH）。工程水化结构创造了一个非常有利的层间静电屏蔽微环境，有效地减弱了嵌入Zn2+和VO框架之间的吸引力，从而促进了Zn2+的高可逆和快速嵌入。同时，预插入的K+离子和层间的H2O分子作为结构支柱，在长时间的充放电循环中协同稳定宿主框架。得益于这些优势，KVOH在0.5 a g-1下可提供469.6 mAh g-1的高锌存储容量，并在500次循环后保持其初始容量的88.2%。此外，它还表现出出色的长期循环稳定性，在10 A g-1下循环5000次后，容量保持率达到79.0%。这项工作揭示了层间水化化学在控制Zn2+存储性能中的关键作用，并为精确调节水合V2O5阴极层间含水量提供了一种新的策略。
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Pub Date : 2026-05-15Epub Date: 2026-02-04DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2026.140052
Hao Shen , Junlan Gao , Min Yu , Shengquan Liu , Fuquan Xiong
Wood-based aerogels have garnered widespread attention in flexible wearable electronics owing to their sustainability, low density, and high porosity. However, extant wood-based aerogel sensors often struggle to balance high sensitivity, broad detection range, and long-term stability, primarily due to the irregular conductive filler dispersion and weak interfacial bonding within the cellulose framework. Herein, the covalent-noncovalent interfacial bridging strategy was developed to fabricate a MXene/carbon nanotube (CNT) wood aerogel piezoresistive sensor with a layered porous structure and an abundant, stable 3D conductive network. The aerogel exhibited superior elasticity (96.70% stress retention after 1000 cycles at 50% compression strain), a broad detection range (0–160 kPa), and high sensitivity (13.76 kPa−1), outperforming most reported biomass-based aerogel sensors. This performance enables reliable operation across diverse applications, including physiological monitoring, human motion detection, information encoding, and wireless real-time robot control. Furthermore, when integrated with machine learning, the sensor achieves 99.44% accuracy in recognizing different hand gestures. This study presents an innovative and sustainable design strategy for high-performance wood aerogel sensors aimed at advanced flexible electronic applications.
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Pub Date : 2026-05-15Epub Date: 2026-01-28DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2026.139997
Can Peng , Zhengyan Yu , Fengjiao Zhou , Jiajin Lin , Aihua Xu , Xiuying Liu , Shuaiqi Zhao , Xiaoxia Li
The construction of stable Cu0/Cu+ active sites is essential for achieving high-performance copper-based Fenton-like catalysis. In this work, we develop a novel ethanol-mediated quenching reduction strategy synergistically integrated with rational two-dimensional structural engineering to precisely construct and stabilize Cu0/Cu+ pairs within a two-dimensional Cu-CuO/TiO2 heterojunction (CTO-Q). The approach leverages the transient thermal energy generated during rapid cooling to initiate ethanol dehydrogenation, during which in-situ electrons are released and subsequently reduce Cu2+ ions, thereby facilitating the controlled formation and long-term stabilization of coexisting Cu0/Cu+ species. Advanced spectroscopic characterizations provide direct evidence for the successful generation and chemical state stability of the Cu0/Cu+ active sites. The resultant CTO-Q catalyst exhibits superior PMS activation capability, achieving 95% removal of levofloxacin within 30 min, with an observed rate constant (kobs = 0.35 min−1) that is 3.89-fold higher than that of the conventional catalyst. Remarkably, the catalytic performance remains nearly unchanged after five consecutive cycles, maintaining approximately 95% degradation efficiency, which underscores its exceptional operational stability—attributable to a self-sustaining redox cycle that mitigates irreversible oxidation. The generality and scalability of this synthetic strategy are further validated by the successful fabrication of a family of two-dimensional Cu-based heterojunctions (Cu-CuO/CeO2, Cu-CuO/SiO2, and Cu-CuO/Al2O3). Critically, this methodology enables the valorization of Fenton sludge into a high-efficiency catalytic material, thereby establishing a direct link between advanced functional material design and sustainable environmental remediation.
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